Boot-jack



(No Model.)

H. W. FARLEY.

BOOT JACK.

N0. 410,829., Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HENRY w. FARLEY, pr URBANA, ILLINOIS.-

' BOOT-JAG K.

SPECIFICATION forming -part of Letters Patent No. 410,829, dated September 10, 1889.

Application filed April 15, 1889. Serial No. 307,363. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, HENRY W. FARLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Urbana, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot-Jacks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in boot-jacks in which jaws projecting from a support serve to hold the heel of the boot; and the objects of my invention are to provide a jack of simple and durable construction, with provision for separating its parts for compactness in carrying it and quickly joining them for use, and to afford facilities for setting the jaws to suit boots of different sizes. These objects I attain by means of a block or prop having two holes near its upper edge arranged with their axes standing flaring or oblique to each other, and two jaws or rods adapted to be inserted into said holes, so that their ends will project to a greater or less extent from said prop to suit the size of thebootheel, and a foot-rest supported upon said prop.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my improved boot-jack, and in which Figure 1 represents a longitudinal Vertical section of my improved boot-jack; Fig. 2, a top plan view showing the foot-rest removed; Fig. 3, a top plan view of the finished device, and Fig. 4. a vertical section and a front view of the block or prop.

In the drawings, J J indicate two rods or bars which form the jaws of the boot-jack. These rods or jaws form, preferably, the arms of a double metallic rod 13, and they are inserted through two holes or perforations in a block or prop S, near the upper edge of the same. I make the foot-rest preferably of a sheet-metal plate F, having preferably a covering of some textile material, and secure at one end to the upper edge of the block or prop S, so that it serves as a foot-rest for the bootjack. The perforations in the block or prop are slightly diverging toward the forward or outer face of the same, so that the jaws of the boot-jack may be thereby more or less spread to adj ust them for a larger or smaller boot by sliding the rods or bars forward or back lengthwise to set them.

It is important to notice that the device is supported at its front end by the perforated block or prop and at its rear ends by the rear end of the jaw-forming rods, and the latter therefore stand inclined to restupon the floor at a point back of the foot-rest,while the latter rests upon the jaw-forming rods back of the prop to which it is fastened. It is obvious, however, that the foot-rest may be dispensed with and the rear ends of the j aw-formin g rods may form such foot-rest.

In operating the boot-jack it is placed 011 the floor, resting upon the prop and the rear end of the doubled rod B. One footis placed upon the foot-rest, and the boot maybe drawn off by being clamped between the jaws.

This boot-j ack is very simply and durably constructed, and is very effective in use. It may be packed in a trunk or valise and will occupy but small space, and when the jaws are formed by the doubled rod the boot-jack may be hung upon a nail or hook against the wall or article of furniture by the doubled end of the rod.

The boot-jack may be taken apart and placed in a small space for storing or transportation, the jaws sliding With a close fit in the perforations in the block or prop, so that they may be readily drawn out of the same and each part packed away singly or together.

I claim as my improvement 1. In a boot-jack, the combination, with a prop-block having two perforations or holes at or near its upper edge diverging toward the forward face of said block-prop, of two rods inserted with their disconnected ends through said perforations for forming the heel-receiving jaws of said boot-jack, substantially as described.

2. In a boot-jack, the combination, with a block or prop having two diverging perforations near its upper edge, of two jaws or rods inserted with their forward portions through said diverging perforations, and a plate or foot-rest secured with its forward end upon the upper edge of said block or prop, and

having its rear end resting upon the jawfor forming the heel-receiving jaws of said forming rods, substantially as described. boot-jack, substantially as described.

3. In a boot-jack, the combination, with a 7 w prop-block apertured at or near its upper HENRY FARLLY 5 edge, of a doubled rod having its disconnected Witnesses:

ends inserted through said apertures and R. A. \VEBBER, held thereby in flaring relation to said block C. M. \VEBBER. 

